Vehicle-body attachment.



J. P. GOLBURN.

VEHICLE BODY ATTAOHMENT.

APPLICATION IILBD 00128. 1908.

Patented June 15,1909.

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the bol. i., and li ewise serv ng to protect the l. f vlroin abi' sion l'roin th staes on e the bolsters, and has `lor one el its obiects to improve thc construction olI devices el this character and iiicrei'ise their utility and etticieney.

Another object oi' the invention is to provide a device ol this character which niay le readily applied to wagon bodies el' varieus and adailited to botste-.rs ol various sizes material structural changes in the "wl/*ith these nd other objects in view tl invention ce ts in two plates each i spaced sockets in its bony portion, ano an upwardl" e the other end, spaced ,iiard-bars, 'ih plaies au@ attached lo the under siirl'ace ol' t .agen body at the point where it bears upon the bolster with the guard bars and the sockets bearing upon opposite sides ol' tlie bolster.

rilie invention rtlier consists in two plates each having spaced soclets in the body portion and an upwardly directed Ltlaiige at the outer end, guardebars spaced apart and supported their ends in the soci-iets. the plates adapted to be secured to the lower snrl'ace ol' a wagon body and the tlanges bearing against the sides olI the saine7 and spring having head nienibers attached thereto with the head ineinbers bearing` beneath the plates and against the outer 'laces el' the guard-bars, the springs being supported at their ends upon the bolsters.

The invention l'urther consists in certain novel features ol construction as hereaiter shown and described and specifically pointed out in the claiins, and in the drawings illustrative ol the prel'erred embodiment olI the invention.

Figure 1 i a transverse section ol' a wagon body and a rear elevation ol' the rear axle Specification Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Serial No. 456,401.

and its bolster with the iinprovenient applied in its siinpler torni, but without the intervention ol' the supporting springs. ll 2 is a bottoni plan view ol a portion ol' wwon body 'with the iinproveinei'it applied.

i ej. Il is persiieetive view ol one oll the iinproved protecting devices detached. lTiO'. 4l is a view ol' the platel in blanl; il'orin7 or be'lore it is bent up into operative shape. llig. 5 is a view similar to llig. 1 illustrating` the ar raiigenient el the device when springs are einployed in connection with the attachnient.

The -running gear portions ot vehicles including the bolsters and es are ot hard wood, and generally provided with protecting nietal plates, wl'iile the body portions of vehicles are generally oic sott wood, usually pine, consequently the soit wood ot the box becomes worn and abraded by contacting with the metal portions oi the stakes and bolsters, and to prevent this unnecessary wear and ab rasion., and at the sarne time increase the utility indl etliciency et vehicles, is the principal object oi the present inven tion which consists in providing two sheet or plate nietal inenibers having spaced longitudinal soclfets and with upwardly directed flanges at the outer ends, the socliets adapted to receive guide bars at the ends, the plates fastened beneath tlie wagonbody with the flanges bearing against the outer sides and bars extending transversely beneath. the body. When in use the bars and the socliets oi: the plates are arranged upon opposite sides oi the bolsters or between the. head per- `tions el" supporting springs, the springs bearing upon the bolsters. By this arrangement the body is relieved trein wear and abrasion as all et the wear and abrasion conies upon the niet al plates.

T he plates are precisely alilie7 and a description et one will suHice toi' both. Each plate is iirst constructed in the torni shown in Fig. 41 and represented as a whole at 10 with spaced apertures 1.1-1.2 and cleits 113-14 respectively between. the apertures and one side of the plate, whereby a relatively large central tongue and relatively sinall side tongues 16-17 are released. Two seinicircular channels or sockets 18-19 are then fornied by pressing the portions of the plate between the apertures 11-12 and the edge et the plate laterally and bending the central tongue .15 at right angles to the body of the plate and likewise bending the tongues 16--17 at right angles to the body of the plate and also overlapping the central tongue 15, and securing them in their overlapping position by rivets or other suitable fastening means. One of the plates thus formed is then secured beneath the vehicle body 2O at each side with the overlapping tongues ].Gwl bearing against the outer sides of the body and forming protecting means thereto,

Fitting by their ends in the sockets 18*l9 are spaced guard-bars 21-22, the guard l bars bearing by their upper faces beneath the body 20. The spaced sockets 18-19 are designed to bear upon the opposite sides of the bolster represented at 23 with the lower surface of the plate between the sockets and engaging the bolster while the upwardly directed tongue portions l5 bear against the inner surfaces of the stakes 24, the guardbars 2l-22 extending alongside of the upper edge of the bolster, as shown. By this means all the friction and wear, it will be obvious, is borne by the plates l0 and their flanges 15, and the relatively soft wood of the body protected from abrasion and wear.

If it is desired to employ the bolster springs between the body and the running gear, thc springs represented at 26-27 together with their head members 28e-29 are disposed. upon the bolster 23 with the coupling elements 30--31 bearing upon the bolster in the ordinary manner, and the body disposed upon the head members 28--29 with the plates l() at the outer sides of the sockets 18--19 engaging the head members, as shown. By this means the friction is borne by the head members and the bearing plates 1U, and the body relieved from such friction and all abrasion prevented.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured and applied to vehicle bodies of various sizes by simply changing the lengths of the bars 21.-,22, but without otherwise changing the construction of the device.

The plates may be of any require-d size, and of any required material, but will preferably be pressed up from sheet steel.

lfVhat is claimed, is

1. A device of the class described comprising two plates each having spaced sockets in its body portion and an upwardly directed flange at the outer end, and guard bars spaced apart and supported. at the ends in the sockets, said plates adapted to besecured to the lower surface of a wagon body with the Y[ianges bearing against the sides of the same.

2. A device of the class described comprising two plates each having spaced sockets in its body portion, and an upwardly directed flange at the outer end, guard bars spaced apart and supported at the ends in the sockets, said plates adapted to be secured to the lower surface of a wagon body with the flanges bearing against the sides of the same, and springs .having head members bearing beneath said plates.

3. As a new article of manufacture, an attachment for vehicle bodies comprising a metal plate having apertures spaced apart and with clefts between the apertures and one end of the plate and the semi-circular sockets pressed into the body of the plate between the opposite end thereof and the apertures, the central portion of the plate between the clefts bent at right angles to the body thereof, and the portions of the plate externally of the clefts likewise bent at right angles to the body of the plate and overlapping the central bent portion.

4. An attachment for vehicle bodies comprising two metal plates each having apern tures spaced apart and with clefts between the apertures and one end of the plate and with semi-circular sockets pressed into the body of the plate between the opposite end thereof and the apertures, the central poi'- tion of the plate between the clefts bent at right angles to the body thereof, and the portions of the plate externally of the clefts likewise bent at right angles to the body of the plate and overlapping the central bent portion, and guard bars spaced apart and seated at their ends in said sockets and extending between the plates.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JAY P. COLBURN.

Vitnesses:

M. T. ALvEnsoN, VM. J. RAUP. 

